The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, Volume 15 |
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I find thee apt ; And duller should ' st thou be than the fat weed That rots itself in
ease on Lethe wharf , “ I suspect that this stroke was levelled not at Shakspeare ,
but at the performer of the Ghost in an older play on this subject , ex . hibited ...
I find thee apt ; And duller should ' st thou be than the fat weed That rots itself in
ease on Lethe wharf , “ I suspect that this stroke was levelled not at Shakspeare ,
but at the performer of the Ghost in an older play on this subject , ex . hibited ...
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Bcaumont and Fletcher have a thought somewhat similar in The Humorous
Lieutenant : “ This dull root pluck ' d from Lethe ' s flood . ” STEEVENS . That roots
itself in ease & c . ] Thus the quarto , 1604 . The folio reads — That rots itself & c .
Bcaumont and Fletcher have a thought somewhat similar in The Humorous
Lieutenant : “ This dull root pluck ' d from Lethe ' s flood . ” STEEVENS . That roots
itself in ease & c . ] Thus the quarto , 1604 . The folio reads — That rots itself & c .
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The single and peculiar life is bound , With all the strength and armour of the
mind , To keep itself from ' noyance ; but much more That spirit , upon whose
weal 4 depend and rest The lives of many . The cease of majesty cattle , whose
powers ...
The single and peculiar life is bound , With all the strength and armour of the
mind , To keep itself from ' noyance ; but much more That spirit , upon whose
weal 4 depend and rest The lives of many . The cease of majesty cattle , whose
powers ...
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Secondly , from the passage itself . And thirdly , from the effect it had on the
audience . Let us consider the character Hamlet gives of it . The play I remember ,
pleased not the million ; ' twas caviare to the general : but it was ( as I received it ...
Secondly , from the passage itself . And thirdly , from the effect it had on the
audience . Let us consider the character Hamlet gives of it . The play I remember ,
pleased not the million ; ' twas caviare to the general : but it was ( as I received it ...
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But what praise could ' st thou bestow on a deserving woman indeed ? one , that ,
in the authority of her merit , did justly put on the vouch of very malice itself ? 4
Lago . She that was ever fair , and never proud ; Had tongue at will , and yet was
...
But what praise could ' st thou bestow on a deserving woman indeed ? one , that ,
in the authority of her merit , did justly put on the vouch of very malice itself ? 4
Lago . She that was ever fair , and never proud ; Had tongue at will , and yet was
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Page 197 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass: and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think, I am easier to be played on than a pipe...
Page 30 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Page 43 - Are most select and generous, chief in that. Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 72 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
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Page 27 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 199 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 161 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
Page 529 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Page 205 - I'll look up;] My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder'?
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| Title | The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, Volume 15 The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | T. Longman, 1793 |
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